Trust me - I’ve thought about it many times. I can come up with only one reason to do it and about 75 not too. This winter I was planning on purchasing a $50k water jet cutting table. Now when I Goto pull the plug- they are 9-12 months behind in production. This is their starting point. The bigger stuff is even more of a delay. So going bigger is even more of a challenge.
Even new plasma cutters in the 1.5” to 3” are 12 months behind. Plenty still of the 3/4” or smaller. Heck even bottle glasses are behind. I went to refill a few propane bottles for heaters and Airgas was out of propane.